Printer configuration commands
Important
The modern print platform is Windows' preferred means of communicating with printers. We recommend that you use Microsoft's IPP inbox class driver, along with Print Support Apps (PSA), to customize the print experience in Windows 10 and 11 for printer device development.
For more information, see Modern print platform and the Print support app design guide.
The following table lists the printer configuration commands. All commands are specified using the command entry format.
| Command | Description | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| CmdStartJob | Command to initialize a print job. | Optional. Command execution order> must be specified. |
| CmdStartDoc | Command to initialize a document. | Optional. Command execution order must be specified. |
| CmdStartPage | Command to initialize a page and set the cursor position to (0,0) in cursor coordinates. | Optional. Command execution order must be specified. |
| CmdEndPage | Command to finish printing a page. | Optional. Command execution order must be specified. |
| CmdEndDoc | Command to finish printing a document. | Optional. Command execution order must be specified. |
| CmdEndJob | Command to complete a print job. | Optional. Command execution order must be specified. |
| CmdCopies | Command to specify the number of copies to print. | Optional. Command execution order must be specified. |
| CmdSleepTimeOut | Command to specify the number of minutes for the printer to wait before entering power-save mode. | Optional. Command execution order must be specified. |